Cabinet



Aug. 1', 1944.

P. ROSENBERG CABINET Original Filed Jan. 5, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR P/l/A/P ATTORNEY Aug. 1, 1944. P; ROSENBERG CABINET 2' Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Jan. 3, 1942 ATTOR N EY Patented Aug. 1, 1944' Philip Rosenberg, NewY'ork, N. Y.

Original application January 3, 1942, Serial No. 425,495, now Patent No. 2,326,255, dated August 10, 1943. Divided and this application April 21, 1943, Serial No. 483,852

2 Claims.

This invention relates to revolving bin and cabinet structures, more particularly to revolving bins in which sector-like cabinet units having drawers are mounted in sector-like bin compartments.

Cabinets of the kind referred to are widely used in stock rooms and store rooms on land and sea. The present invention is useful in cabinets for either service, but it is of especial utility for service at Sea where the cabinet may be subjected to violent usage tending to dislodge it from the compartment in which it is mounted.

It is common practice to provide a revolving bin comprising a sturdy base and an upright supporting shaft, together with a series of bin units mounted on the shaft with capacity for rotation relative to the shaft and to one another. Each bin unit ordinarily comprises a central bearing sleeve mounted on the shaft, a series of vertical, radial, permanent dividers supported by the bearing sleeve, and a floor supported from the bearing sleeve by the dividers. Each floor member commonly includes a short, upstanding, circumferential flange.

The manufacturer of this equipment must be prepared to meet varying'requireme'nts as to the number of the bin compartments that are to be used as open trays, the number that are to be used as open bins, and the number that are to be used for holding drawer cabinets. Even when the equipment has gone into service, the service requirements of the user may change. It is very desirable, therefore, that provision be made for simple and ready transformation.

As heretofore manufactured, the cabinet has simply been constructed to fit into a compartment and to beheld against sliding outward by the circumferential flange of the bin floor member.

When a drawer is opened, particularly if it is heavily loaded, its weight tends to overturn the cabinet, and while such overturning would be unusual on land, it is not at all uncommon on shipboard, particularly when the ship lurches in such a way as to favor overturning while a draweris open. It is not uncommon on shipboard, therefore, for the cabinet unit to be overturned with disastrous consequences to the cabinet unit and its contents. I

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide simple, eflicient and economical means for dependably securing and retaining the cabinet frame in its assigned position, the securing means being of such character, however, that the cabinet frame can be readily removed when desired.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

The present application is a division of my pending application Serial No. 425,495, filed J anuary 3, 1942, for Cabinets, now Patent No. 2,326,255. The disclosure of the present application is the same as that of'Serial No. 425,495, but no claim is made herein to any features of the cabinet and drawer structure having to do with the guiding and lockingofthe drawers, that subject-matter being claimed in Serial No. 425,495.

In the drawings forming part of this specification Fig. 1 is a view in elevation, broken away intermediate its ends for compactness of illustration,

Fig. 2 i a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a-perspective, fragmentary view illustrating a drawer partially Withdrawn from the associated drawer space of a cabinet;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in sectional elevation taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, partly broken away, showing a drawer partly withdrawn from the cabinet.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention consists of a rotary bin I which comprises a base 2 and a vertical shaft 3.

The bin section 4 is rotatably mounted upon the shaft 3 in any suitable manner. As illustrated, the frame of the bin section 4 comprises a sleeve 5 having a flanged ring 6 secured to the inner face thereof. The ring 6 bears upon a ball bearing 1, and the ball bearing in turn bears upon a ring 8. The ring 8 is supported by the ends of a pin 9 which transfixes the shaft 3.

The bin section 4 comprises a supporting platform I4 which is separated into sectors by perma nent dividers Md. The dividers [4d are connect- 'ed by welding to the platform l4 and to the sleeve 5. The platform is provided with a short, upstanding, circumferential flange I 45.

Each sector is adapted to constitute a cabinet support and to receive a drawer-space-defining, sector-like cabinet frame I40. Each cabinet comprises'a frame [40 and drawers slidably mounted therein. Eachcabinet frame Hlc comprises radially extending, vertical, side wall members Ill, and each f'rameis causedto define a plurality of vertically aligned',.sector-like drawer spaces by means of horizontal wall members ll, IZ'and l3.

hold-down member, which is adapted to be driveninto a space above the platform I4 and below a;

portion of the sleeve 5. The frame I40 fits snugly within the flange Mb of the platform or disc I4 when the tongue is driven home, sothat the frame is held firmly and stably. in place by. the flange and tongue, but with capacity for removal if removal should be desirable or necessary. Removal may be effected simply by lifting the outer end of the cabinet clear of the flange Nb and then pulling it outward. This provision for ready application and removal of a cabinet frame yields an extreme flexibility of arrangement at the option of the user, since any sector may be used to mount a cabinet frame Me or may be'used as an open bin compartment. The provision of the anchoring tongue III) is the salient feature of the present invention. The tongue precludes all possibility of the cabinet section overturning, even if the vessel upon which the 7 bin is carried should lurch violently at a time when one or both of the drawers of the cabinet are fully open. Since the cabinet is confined by the flange Mb, the tongue and flange together serve adequately to protect the cabinet against dislodgment at. all times. It is this feature of protecting the cabinetsagainst dislodgment that is claimed herein. The wall member I2 divides the frame I40 into upper and lower sector-like .drawer spaces, the upperdrawer space being bounded by upper and lower horizontal wall members I3 and I2 and by the radially extending vertical wall members I0, and the lower drawer space being bounded by upper and lower horizontal wall. members I2 and I I and by the radial wall members I0.

Each drawer space is intended and adapted to receive a sector-like drawer I5 which may be slid into and out of the drawer space, and which substantially fits the space when fully inserted in it.

The flange I Ib extends only across the lower margin of the front of the cabinet frame, being of too scant height to interfere with the sliding ofthe lower drawer. Each drawer comprises an inner. end wall I6, converging radial side walls I'I,

wall I9.

Each draweris desirably divided into a number of, separate compartments, the arrangement as illustrated includinga pair of trays and 2| lower ends, but are joined at their upper ends along substantially the middle radius of the drawer. These trays not only provide individual storage compartments themselves, but they divide the drawer spaceso as to define a number of additional distinct. compartments in cooperation with the side and end walls of the drawer. Beyondthe inner ends of thetrays 20 and 2I a pair of radially. extending, flanged partition memlying inward from the trays into right and lefthand compartments. The partition members 22 and 23, like the adjacent walls of the trays 20 and 2| are united to one another at their upper ends,

secured to it, as by welding, an L-shaped guide .bar 24. The bar comprises a horizontal flange through which the bar is secured by welding to the bottom wall I I of the cabinet section frame,

and a vertical flange 26 which extends upward 7 into the, drawer space. The flange 26 constitutes ,a, guiding member for preventing turning of the .55 an outer arcuate end wall I8, and a bottom ,60 whose adjacent walls are spaced apart at their .70 bers22 and 23 are provided which divide the space drawer when it is partially withdrawn from the drawer space, and for causing the drawer to travel into and out of the drawer space in a radial direction. I

.The, inner end wall I6 of the drawer is formed with a slot 21 for receiving the guiding member 26, and the bottom wall I9 of the drawer is formed with a radial slot 28 in radial alignment with the slot 21 for receiving the guiding member 26. The space provided between the partition members 22 and 23 at their lower ends and between the adjacent walls of the trays 20 and 2| is also for the purpose of accommodating the guiding member 26 and of permitting the guiding member to cooperate Withthe partition members and with the tray walls, as well as with the slots 21 and 28', for guiding the drawer into and out of the drawer space.

With the arrangement described, it will be apparent that the drawer is always centered with reference to the drawer space, that it has no freedom to turn as it is moved into and out of the drawer space, and that it is always compelled to travel in the direction of the guide member 26, to wit, so that its middle radius is substantially in coincidence with the middle radius of the drawer space.

Pro-vision is made of simple and efficient, individual locking means for each drawer, the guide member 26 being utilized for locking the drawer in closed position.

The guide member 26 terminates at its inner end a little short of the inner end of the drawer space. A locking lever 30 is secured upon the bottom wall I9 of the drawer and against the lower face thereof by means of a rivet 3I, the lever being desirably of substantially the same thickness as the horizontal flange 25 of the angle bar 24. The lower head of. the rivet 3| does not protrude below the lower face of the lever 30.

The lever is formed at its inner end with a hook portion.32 which is adapted to lock behind the inner end of the guide member 26 when the drawer is infully closed position. The hook 32 is disposed a short distance inward beyond the inner end wall- I6 of the drawer. The lever 30 is formed at its outer end-with a handle portion 33 which extends a short distance outward from the. outerarcuate-end wall I8 of the drawer in an accessible position, so that the lever may be operated by the handle either to locking or unlocking position, simply by rocking the lever 30 on its pivot 3|.

Access to the drawer maybe had without 'ai fecting anyother drawer, of the cabinet by operating the lever 30- to unlocking position,- seizing the drawerbythe drawer handle 34, and pulling it outward along the path defined by the cooperating guide members on the drawer and on the frame.

The upper horizontal wall [2 of the lower drawer space has affixed to it near its outer extremity a downwardly extending lug 35. When the drawer is first put into place, the inner end wall 16 may be worked past this lug by a tilting of the drawer, and a slight bending of the walls E l and i2. After the drawer has been put into place, the lug 35 cooperates with the inner end wall N5 of the drawer to prevent the drawer from sliding or from being accidentally drawn all the way out of the drawer space.

The construction of the upper drawer and the upper drawer space bounded by the horizontal walls i2 and i3 is identical with thatof the lower drawer and drawer space which have been described. No further detailed description is, therefore, considered necessary, and corresponding reference characters with the subscript it added in each instance have been applied to parts of the upper drawer and upper drawer space which are duplicates of parts already described.

The other cabinet frames and the drawers mounted in them are desirably duplicates of the cabinet frame and of the drawers which have been described. Each drawer is guided for radial movement without turning, and each is provided with its own individual locking means. Each cabinet is secured against dislodgement in the manner already described.

I have described what I believe to be the best embodiment of my invention. I do not wish, however, to be confined to the embodiment shown, but what I desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a cabinet comprising a frame and a drawer slidably mounted therein, of a cabinet-holding support defining a cabinet space, open at the front and top, in which the cabinet rests, said support including fixed stop means of scant height disposed to extend across the front of a lower portion only of the cabinet frame to prevent outward movement of the cabinet frame while avoiding interference with the sliding of the drawer, and said support being formed to provide an opening adjacent the lower rear boundary of the cabinet, and said cabinet frame including a rearwardly extending tongue adapted to be inserted in said opening of the support, the construction and arrangement being such that the cabinet frame can be passed over the stop means into position to insert the tongue in the opening and can then be lowered into position to be normally confined against outward movement by said stop means, the tongue serving to oppose overturning of the cabinet.

2. In a cabinet structure which includes an upright central shaft, in combination, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the shaft, a platform having a circumferential upstanding flange of scant height, a series of vertically disposed radial dividers connected to the sleeve and to the platform to divide the platform into a series of sectors, and a sector-like cabinet frame section adapted to fit in one of the sectors comprising vertical converging side walls and horizontal top and bottom walls, said bottom wall including an inwardly extending tongue which is confined beneath a portion of the sleeve when the outer end of the cabinet section is fitted within the circumferential flange of the platform.

PHILIP ROSENBERG. 

